1.   A realtor is examining data on average home prices in four separate neighborhoods for the past year. Which graph gives the most accurate representation of the home prices in a neighborhood?
    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.
    Hint

  2.   Which statistic gives the most meaningful information about what price you should expect to pay for a certain baseball bat if the following data are a set of prices at different stores for the bat. {10, 10, 10, 10, 10.50, 11, 12, 14, 18}.
    A. median B. mode
    C. range D. mean
    Hint

  3.   Which statistic gives the most meaningful information about the central tendency of the data {23, 25, 26, 26, 27, 29, 29, 30, 450, 450, 450}?
    A. mode B. mean
    C. median D. range
    Hint

  4.   An automobile dealer wants to sell a certain car for $20,000. If three other dealers in town are selling the same car for $15,000, $15,000, and $30,000, which measure of central should the car dealer use to describe this data to his customers?
    A. median B. range
    C. mean D. mode
    Hint

  5.   Which of the following is a way in which statistics are made to be misleading?
    A. All three measures of central tendency are presented. B. The actual data are shown, and you are allowed to figure out the measures of central tendency on your own.
    C. Outliers on data are brought up and their effects on the measures of central tendency are explained. D. The scale is altered on a graph.
    Hint



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